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Thursday, 25 August 2011

Light Blue

Today I want to review a VERY popular summer perfume that has been around for quite a while now and is loved and hated with a passion. Here's a riddle. What's blue and fuzzy on the outside and smells like a cold glass of lemonade?

D&G describes this as a refreshing scent with mouthwatering notes of lemon, lime, apple, bluebells, cedar, calming bamboo and rose that evokes the image of South woods on the seashore making it the perfect blend for a hot summer day.

My 3.4 OZ bottle given by my mother :)

A lot of people dislike this simply because it's very popular and come summer time, they can smell it around every corner. I find it quite unique and not that famous where I live. I'm sure if there was a poll, the most popular summer perfume here would be the dreaded done to death cool waters by Davidoff.

Lets talk about the packaging first, cuz I find perfume bottles play a big role in the whole presentation of the scent.This one is a no no for me. It looks cheap and very 80's with an ugly blue plastic cap. Even though the bottle is frosty and reminds you of a cold refreshing drink, they could have done better with the cap and the mirror like band around the bottle.I do love the box though. It's fuzzy and velvet like, the color of the Mediterranean sea. Light blue is the genius of Oliver Cresp do check out his name link to see other master pieces he created. His versatility is amazing.

Coming down to the scent, light blue to my nose is a very energizing, happy scent. It opens up with the refreshing zingy lemon notes, pleasently sharp maybe because of the cedar. After it has had time to warm up on the skin the floral notes come into play. But very subtly. I find a delicious watery humid note mixed in with a whisper of rose. Maybe it's the bamboo that gives it that humid quality. I do not get jasmine, if it's there it's very sheer. I sprayed my self with it in the morning and now its late evening and I'm enjoying the delicious woody drydown.

It is my dream to go to Sicily. I find everything I have imagined trapped inside this bottle. It evokes images of clear blue skies,sparkling Mediterranean sea, chilled bottles of homemade limoncillo,Scary twisted road to Positano, delicious Sicilian seafood, Branches of trees laden with huge scented lemons, the smells, the sounds (sigh) Until then, I must live my dream through this beautiful scent that has captured the perfect Sicilian summer in a bottle.

Image courtesy google

Category: Fruity Floral

Top Notes: Sicilian Lemon, Apple, bluebells, Cedar

Middle Notes: White Rose, Bamboo, Jasmine

Base Notes: Amber, Musk and Cedar

Good for: Summers, Casual, Daytime.

Light blue for women is available for $87 from Sephora.

If you find it a bit pricey a bit similar perfume made by the same perfumer i.e. Oliver Cresp is: I Love Love by Moschino. I also found Funny by Moschino quite similar.

I tried this the other day at a perfume counter and I absolutely hated the citrus-y smell, but by the time I went home I couldn't help but smell myself again and again because within 10-15 minutes the scent had developed into something very different and not citrus-y at all! I love the scent after it has had some time to develop. Would you know of a perfume which has a scent like this one but without the citrus-y notes in it? Thanks alot!

@nayabloves yes the middle notes literally blooms on the skin and the perfume changes beautifully. You should try Victorias secret pink with a splash body mist in fresh and clean. Available from Shams in Super market.It is quite similar to the middle notes that you love without being citrusy.

My last JLo bottle just ended..and I was looking for a good perfume..Dolce and Gabbana one fascinates me after your description...but I agree with you on packaging, not cute. Thanks for great review! xThanks for entering my birthday giveaway!:)http://komzreviews.blogspot.com/2011/09/birthday-giveaway.html

This one is always always on Sephora's best sellers list. I've smelt it once and I wasn't sure if i liked it enough to buy it though. That was a long time ago and your review has changed my mind a little.

You're right about the bottle it could have been prettier.

lol i share the same sentiments about cool water. hahaha can't stand it now:P

i loveeeeeeeeeeee this perfume:)!!!! i cud drink it:D, its my second favourite after nina by nina ricci!! i find dkny to go very similar to this and im sure its not as expensive! p.s- u r really pretty shaz:), i tried to look close into ur display picture which u,v edited:)stay in touch xx